挾 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。「手」+音符「夾」。「持つ」「指にさしはさむ」を意味する漢語{挾}を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

put between, insert, jam, get caught, sandwich

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キョウ
  • ショウ
Kun (native)
  • はさ(む)
  • はさ(まる)
  • わきばさ(む)
  • さしはさ(む)
Nanori (used in names)
  • はざ
Other languages
  • 拼音xie2
  • 拼音jia2
  • 拼音xia2
  • 한글hyeob
  • Hán-ViệtHiệp
  • Hán-ViệtTiệp

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+633E

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌夾

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-7
Four Corner
5403.8
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c6.1
Nelson
1915